Pencil-holder.



W. McDOUGALL.

PENCIL HOLDER. APPLICATION men use. 5. 1913.

Patented Oct. 26, 1915.

ITEM WALTER McDOUGA'LL, or NEW roan, n. Y.

PENCIL-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented @ct. 26, 1915.

Application filed December 5, 1913. Serial No. 804,877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVALTER MGDOUGALL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have made and invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pencil-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in devices for removably attaching articles of various kinds, as, for instance, lead pencils, erasers, etc, to telephone stands, typewriting machines, dictaphones, or other device, the object being to provide novel means whereby the article may be easily and readily attached to or detached from its support, which shall be cheap to manufacture, simple in construction, and whereby the pencil or other article may be readily accessible for use and out of the way whennot in use.

A further object of my invention is to so construct and arrange the several parts that an automatic holder carrying a pencil, eraser, or other article, may be quickly detached from the machine with which it is connected, and readily attached, if desired, to the clothing, so that the pencil or other article may be conveniently carried without danger of. loss.

With these and other ends in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts as will be hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a telephone stand having my improved device attached thereto, and illustrating a pencil in position for use. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the upper end of the telephone stand, and illustrating the position of the pencil when not in use. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the upper end of the stand, partly in section and partly in elevation, showing the manner of attaching the automatic holder to the stand. Fig. 4: is a detached view of the supporting plate and showing the automatic holder attached thereto. Fig. 5 is a view partly in section and partly in elevation of the automatic holder.

In the embodiment of my invention shown in the drawing, I have illustrated a pencil as attached to a telephone stand, but such em bodiment will be understood is for illustrative purposes only, as it will be evident that any other article may be substituted for the pencil, and that any other machine, device or support may be substituted or used in lleu of the telephone stand.

Referring to the drawing, 5 represents a telephone stand of the ordinary type or construction, and to which I secure the supporting plate 6, clearly illustrated in Figs. 3 and a of the drawing. This plate is preferably made of thin sheet metal, or if desired, may be made of celluloid, hard rubber, or any other desirable material, and at its upper end provided with a hole or opening 7, to permit of its attachment to the stand 5, referably by the bolt 8 and nut 9 employed for adjustably holding the transmitter 10' in position. At some point in its length, this plate 6 is provided with a shoulder 11, whereby to offset the lower end thereof, said lower offset end being provided with the two openings 12, 13, to allow of the attachment thereto of the automatic holder 14. This holder is of that type or construction usually known and referred to as an automatic eye-glass holder, that is, a holder comprising an outer shell or casing 15, containing a volute spring 16, a ratchet and pawl 17, and a chain or cord 18, the latter being arranged to be wound within the shell or casing by the sprin 16. This construction of automatic holc er is so well known to those skilled in the art that no detailed description or illustration thereof is necessary. The outer shell or casing 15 of this holder is provided with the lugs 19, 20, on the back or rear thereof, a pin 21 being hinged to the former lug 19, the free end of i the pin being adapted to engage with the lug 20 for securing the holder in place. In my improved device, these lugs 19, 20 are passed through the openings 12, 13 formed in the lower offset portion of the holding plate 6,

the pin 21, of course being also passed through the upper opening 12 in assembling the parts. By engaging the free end of the pin 21 with the lug 20 on the rear side of the holding plate 6, as illustrated in Fig. 4:, the automatic holder 14L will be securely attached to the plate. For the purpose of imparting to the pin 21 a certain amount of tension, and thus insure against its disengagement from the lug 20, I stamp or strike outwardly from the plate 6 the lug 22, against which the pin 21 impinges when the parts are assembled as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4.

To the lower free end of the cord or chain 18 I attach pencil or other article 23,

, plate 6. a

pencil or other article, may then be attached be detached from the 'struction, that it which may be conveniently used by. pulling and unwinding the cord or chain 18 from the automatic holder 14. When, however, the pencil is not in use, the cord or chain 18 may be permitted to wind within the automatic holder 14, as illustrated in Fig. 2, of the drawing, the pencil 23 being thus held in a position out of the way, but where it may be conveniently reached when desired tobe used r In attaching the device to a telephone stand, it is simply necessary to take ofi' the nut 9 from the bolt 8 for holding the transmitter 10 adjustably in position, attach the holding plate 6 by permitting the bolt 8 to pass through the opening 7, and then again screwing home'the nut 9, thereby clamping the holding plate 6 with its attached parts to the telephone stand 5. p v If desired, the automatic holder 14: may be detached from the holding plate 6 by simply disengaging the free end of the pin 21 from the lug or cateh 20, and withdrawing the lugs 19 and 20, and also the pin 21, through their respective openings in said The holder 14;, with its attached tov the clothing, of the wearer, and utilized or employed as an ordinary automatic holder for pencils, eye glasses, etc. I

From the foregoing it will be understood that the device is exceedingly simple in conmay be attached to or de tached from a typewriting machine, telephone stand, dictaphone, or other device, without trouble, and finally, permit of the automatic holder with its attached parts to holding plate 6 and employed or worn as the ordinary automatic holder is worn.

What I claim is z- 1. The combination with a plate detachably secured to a support, said plate being formed with an offset portion provided with openings, of an automatic holder the casing of which is provided with lugs extending through said openings in said plate, and with'a pin for detachably securing said holder to said plate, and means provided on said plate and bearing against said pin for exerting a tension on the latter, substantially as described.

2. A device-0f the class described com prising an apertured plate, an automatic holder including a casing, lugs carried by said casing projecting through said plate apertures, a pin engaging said lugs, and means provided on said plate and bearing against said pin for exerting a tension on the latter.

3. A device of the character described comprising a plate provided with spaced apertures, an automatic holder provided with spaced lugs adapted to register with and project through said plate, and a pin movably secured to one of said lugs and adapted to engage the protruding end of the remote lug, said pin adapted to detachably secure said automatic holder to said plate.

4. In combination, an apertured plate, a member including a casing, a safety pin carried by said casing and including spaced outstanding lugs with a pin pivotally secured to one of said lugs and adapted to en gage the remote lug, said lugs adapted to register and fit within said plate apertures, said pin adapted to rotate into alinement with its supporting lug for the detachment of said casing from said plate, said pin adapted to bear against said plate and lock said casing thereto.

Signed at New York. borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, this 1 day of December A. D.

' WALTER MODOUGALL.

Witnesses:

JOHN P. BQNNEY, ANNA V. l/VALSH.

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